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Alright, so the wait is over. This year’s Showcase ballot has finally been revealed. As with every year, the event continues to evolve and improve (we like to think so, anyway). This year, you’ll notice that we’ve added five new categories, and there’s 57 acts making a first-time appearance on the ballot — many of whom will be performing at the Showcase on Saturday, June 16, along with our unbelievable headliners Lucero and Dinosaur Jr. (who you can also catch tonight on Late Night with Craig Ferguson, BTW).
For the benefit of those who haven’t had the chance to pick up a paper yet (FYI: the ballot is on page 62), here’s the list of nominees for the 13th annual Westword Music Showcase. Once you’ve had a chance to peruse the list, please click here to cast your vote. And as always, if you think we blew it by not including your favorite act, feel free to add their name in the “Write In” slot.
Rock
Machine Gun Blues
The Omens
Rose Hill Drive
The Swayback
Tarmints
Pop
Meese
Savage Henry
Single File
Tifah
The Trampolines
Indie Rock
Born in the Flood
Bright Channel
Cat-A-Tac
Lion Sized
The Photo Atlas
Indie Pop
Cowboy Curse
Everything Absent or Distorted
Hot IQs
The Laylights
Nathan & Stephen
Singer-Songwriter
Ian Cooke
Roger Green
Melissa Ivey
Gregory Alan Isakov
Zack Nichols
Joshua Novak
Rachael Pollard
Nathaniel Rateliff (the Wheel)
Erin Roberts (Porlolo)
Angie Stevens
Metal/Hard Rock
Black Lamb
The Brotherhood of Dae Han
Cephalic Carnage
Ion
Kingdom of Magic
Punk/Hardcore
Fear Before the March of Flames
King Rat
Love Me Destroyer
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Vaux
Hip-Hop
3Oh!3
Dent
Distrakt
Maneline
The Pirate Signal
Country/Alt Country
Buckwild
Buckskin Stallion
Drag the River
The Hollyfelds
Ten Cent Redemption
Roots/Americana
Ghost Buffalo
Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots
Red Cloud West
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Woven Hand
Jazz
9th & Lincoln Orchestra
Bottessini Project
Convergence
Greg Harris Vibe Quintet
Ron Miles Quartet
Blues
Erica Brown Band
Bluesman Willie Houston and the Blues Prowlers
Otis Taylor
Reverend Deadeye
Tempa and the Tantrums
Funk/Soul
Bop Skizzum
Flobots
Future Jazz Project
Something Underground
U.S. Pipe and the Balls Johnson Dance Machine
Reggae/Ska
12 Cents for Marvin
Judge Roughneck
The Haggardies
Lion Soul Jahs
P-Nuckle
Bluegrass
Boulder Acoustic Society
Oakhurst
Sweet Sunny South
Pete Wernick
Uncle Earl
Jam/Improv
Electric Side Dish
Two Ton Moxie
Wasabi
WhiteWater Ramble
Zebra Junction
Noise/Experimental
Constellations
Nightshark
Novasak
Page 27
Picture Plane
Goth/Industrial
Caustic Soul
Forged In Violet
November Process
Tristraum
Velvet Acid Christ
Ambient/Electronic
A Shoreline Dream
Bela Karoli
George&Caplin
The Life There Is
Scaffolding
Art Rock/Avant-Garde
Action Friend
The Inactivists
Orwellian Math
The Skivies
Yerkish
World Music
DeVotchKa
The Indulgers
Kan’Nal
Potcheen Folk Band
The Motet
DJ Dance: Electronic/Non-Traditional
CacheFlowe
Josh Ivy
Sara T
Michael Trundle
Wesley Wayne
DJ Hip-Hop: Club/Turntablists
DJ Bedz
DJ Chonz
DJ Cysko Rokwel
DJ Psycho
DJ Vajra
